Abstract
ABSTRACT Africa-based separatist groups have long deployed propaganda to woo the international community, seeking external support for their respective causes. In the digital age, they increasingly spread this propaganda over social media. Characterised by misinformation and disinformation, this propaganda has, in some cases, proven disruptive to the public diplomacy and nation building efforts of specific African countries. The propaganda has often triggered muscular – but not always efficacious – state responses. Using primary and secondary sources, this article investigates the online disinformation/misinformation campaigns of two separatist groups, namely the Ambazonia Defence Forces (of Cameroon) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (of Nigeria). Specifically, the article critically examines how the above mentioned separatist groups’ use of online propaganda is a challenge to the official diplomacy of Cameroon and Nigeria, and explores the extent to which the online responses of these governments to this phenomenon have been effective.
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